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Something really exciting has been happening behind the scenes… ADN isn’t just a blog anymore. It’s slowly becoming a brand. Over the past few weeks, I’ve been designing graphics inspired by 90s/00s pop culture, autism pride, and the slightly chaotic sparkle that lives in my brain at all times. Some of them started as jokes.… Read more

I’ve been quietly working on something recently, and it’s reached the point where I can finally say it out loud. I’m writing a book. It doesn’t have a finished title yet, and it doesn’t need one right now — but it has a heart, a shape, and a very clear emotional centre. It’s rooted in… Read more

This one is very specific. And yes — it scared me. Not the film itself. Not the happy ending. The end of a Disney VHS tape. You know the bit. The screen goes dark. The music stops. And suddenly you’re not in the story anymore. Instead, there’s silence… or worse — that slightly echoey end… Read more

This one feels slightly less weird — but also very on brand. Balloons were supposed to be fun. Party-coded. Birthday-coded. Village hall–coded. But I was scared of them. Not floating gently in the corner. Not tied to a chair near the cake. The problem was always the same thing: the pop. That horrible waiting feeling… Read more

Go ahead and laugh if you want — I used to be genuinely scared of my bedroom TV. Not because of what was on it. But because of what it might do. For a long time, my brain was convinced the TV could turn itself on while I was asleep. No reason. No logic. Just… Read more

There are some fears you grow out of. And then there are the ones that simply… go quiet. Waiting. Lurking. Ready to be remembered at 3am for no reason. Welcome back to ADN Fear Files — because apparently our nervous systems were doing side quests from a very young age. Things that scared us WAY… Read more

Sometimes the things we return to aren’t about nostalgia or refusing to grow.They’re about safety. Familiar shows, music, characters, or aesthetics can calm the nervous system in a way nothing else does.They’re predictable.They don’t demand anything.They meet you where you are. For a lot of us, comfort media isn’t escapism.It’s regulation.It helps us settle, ground,… Read more

I was never “too old”.I was just someone who knew what brought me comfort, joy, and excitement. Liking dolls, cartoons, pop music, or colourful things past the age people expect isn’t immaturity.It’s self-knowledge. The pressure to outgrow joy is such a weird social rule.As if liking things has an expiry date.As if fun, softness, and… Read more

I will die on this hill at 5:20am with no breakfast yet:the Bratz TV show was ahead of its time. This wasn’t just a cartoon — it was: The girls were creative, ambitious, supportive of each other, and unapologetically stylish. It said “be bold, be loud, be yourself” long before that was normal in kids’… Read more

Novelty pop songs get a bad reputation. They’re usually remembered as silly, pointless, or “not real music” — which is funny, considering how many of us can still sing every single word years later. In the 00s, novelty pop was everywhere.Songs about food. Songs about dances. Songs that existed purely because someone thought, “This would… Read more